Are you better off?

Leading up to the Nov. 6 election, City
Pulse is taking to the streets to ask residents from all walks of life
this inherently loaded — or plainly simple — question: “Are you better
off than you were four years ago?”

“Yes, I am. Four years ago, my friends
and I were definitely feeling a pinch. The weddings got a little bit
less extravagant, for example. We didn’t take trips. We wouldn’t go out.
We would stay in and do more things. So that was definitely different.
But I think four years ago it was an adjustment — now it’s just a way of
life.”

Tegan Jetton

Age: 20

Occupation: Student

Residence: Perry

“I think I’m better off right now just
because Obama has done a lot of things for the LGBT community and he’s
trying to get things pushed for students. I’m hoping that he will do the
same in the next four years.”